According to the National Center for Education Statistics, bachelor’s degree holders between the ages of 20 and 24 saw average unemployment more than double from 2007 through 2011. But by 2012, it was falling quickly, back to within about a point of where it was at the turn of the century, when times weren’t exactly awful. None of this says anything about underemployment — students taking jobs they’re overqualified for just to pay rent — but it’s an encouraging sign nonetheless…
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor
via A History of the Job Market For New College Grads (In 3 Graphs) – Jordan Weissmann – The Atlantic.
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Posted by jmerse | May 31, 2013, 12:09 pm